Child Rights
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Irish prime minister to make formal apology over deaths of 9,000 children at Catholic-run care homes
The report, which covered 18 so-called Mother and Baby Homes where young pregnant women were hidden from society for decades,…
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Young children are intuitive urban planners — we would all benefit from living in their ‘care-full’ cities
And yet, important voices are missing from urban planning debates — the voices of those who will one day inherit…
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Fear of child removal preventing Indigenous women from reporting family violence
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are not reporting family violence for fear of having children removed, according to new…
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Tasmanian Government updates response to recommendations from Royal Commission’s inquiry into institutional child sexual abuse
Each state and territory is required each year to report their progress on the recommendations from the Royal Commission’s inquiry…
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Hundreds of children feared missing in Nigeria after gunmen storm school and kidnap pupils
The Nigerian military has located and exchanged fire with gunmen who kidnapped scores of secondary school students in the country’s…
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I’ve never been more fearful for our children
One clear and present danger I see is the European Union’s application of its new European Electronic Communications Code, which…
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Europe’s thermonuclear debate on privacy and child sexual abuse
Should platforms like Facebook and Instagram be able to scan for evidence of child sexual abuse and grooming online? Nicholas…
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Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market
Africa Eye infiltrated the trafficking rings selling children for as little as £300. Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter, and Tom Watson…
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Murder of English schoolgirl Lucy McHugh linked to widespread neglect
Her murder has recently been in the news again because of the release of a report (in which she is…
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Children’s views should be taken into account when designing urban space
By focusing on adult needs and views, children are often planned out of our public spaces – and their needs…
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Poland abortion ruling sparks ‘women’s strike’
Crowds have protested in several cities for the seventh-day running against the decision that outlawed terminations on the grounds of…
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Number of children on remand in Victoria doubled in decade to 2020
Up to two-thirds of children denied bail in Victoria were in custody unnecessarily, the state’s children’s commissioner has said, after…
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The teen activists who have stopped hundreds of child marriages in Bangladesh
When Dola Akter Reba was only 12, ‘matchmakers’ in the neighbourhood came knocking on her mother’s door, believing the young…
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ACT agrees to raise age of criminal responsibility
The Australian Capital Territory’s Legislative Assembly has voted to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10, to 14, making…
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Ghislaine Maxwell trained underage girls as sex slaves, documents allege
Ghislaine Maxwell sexually abused underage girls and joined Jeffrey Epstein in directing Virginia Roberts Giuffre to be sexually abused by…
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We worked with children in prison. They should never have been there
Now, we are fighting to shut the door to police and prison cells in response to young children by raising…
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